find($query)

Executes the given $query and returns a MongoDB::Cursor with the results. $query can be a hash reference, Tie::IxHash, or array reference (with an even number of elements).

The set of fields returned can be limited through the use of the MongoDB::Cursor::fields method on the resulting MongoDB::Cursor object. Other commonly used cursor methods are MongoDB::Cursor::limit, MongoDB::Cursor::skip, and MongoDB::Cursor::sort.

find_one($query, $fields?)

Executes the given $query and returns the first object matching it. $query can be a hash reference, Tie::IxHash, or array reference (with an even number of elements). If $fields is specified, the resulting document will only include the fields given (and the _id field) which can cut down on wire traffic.

insert ($object, $options?)

Inserts the given $object into the database and returns it's id value. $object can be a hash reference, a reference to an array with an even number of elements, or a Tie::IxHash. The id is the _id value specified in the data or a MongoDB::OID.

The optional $options parameter can be used to specify if this is a safe insert. A safe insert will check with the database if the insert succeeded and croak if it did not. You can also check if the insert succeeded by doing an unsafe insert, then calling "last_error($options?)" in MongoDB::Database.

batch_insert (\@array, $options)

Inserts each of the documents in the array into the database and returns an array of their _id fields.

The optional $options parameter can be used to specify if this is a safe insert. A safe insert will check with the database if the insert succeeded and croak if it did not. You can also check if the inserts succeeded by doing an unsafe batch insert, then calling "last_error($options?)" in MongoDB::Database.

update (\%criteria, \%object, \%options?)

Returns 1 unless the safe option is set. If safe is set, this will return a hash of information about the update, including number of documents updated (n). If safe is set and the update fails, update will croak. You can also check if the update succeeded by doing an unsafe update, then calling "last_error($options?)" in MongoDB::Database.

update can take a hash reference of options. The options currently supported are:

upsert If no object matching $criteria is found, $object will be inserted.

multiple All of the documents that match $criteria will be updated, not just the first document found. (Only available with database version 1.1.3 and newer.)

initialize_ordered_bulk_op

Returns a MongoDB::BulkWrite object to group write operations into fewer network round-trips. This method creates an ordered operation, where operations halt after the first error. See MongoDB::BulkWrite for more details.

The method ordered_bulk may be used as an alias for initialize_ordered_bulk_op.

find_and_modify

Perform an atomic update. find_and_modify guarantees that nothing else will come along and change the queried documents before the update is performed.

Returns the old version of the document, unless new = 1> is specified. If no documents match the query, it returns nothing.

aggregate

my $result = $collection->aggregate( [ ... ] );

Run a query using the MongoDB 2.2+ aggregation framework. The first argument is an array-ref of aggregation pipeline operators.

The type of return value from aggregate depends on how you use it.

By default, the aggregation framework returns a document with an embedded array of results, and the aggregate method returns a reference to that array.

MongoDB 2.6+ supports returning cursors from aggregation queries, allowing you to bypass the 16MB size limit of documents. If you specifiy a cursor option, the aggregate method will return a MongoDB::Cursor object which can be iterated in the normal fashion.

my $cursor = $collection->aggregate( [ ... ], { cursor => 1 } );

Specifying a cursor option will cause an error on versions of MongoDB below 2.6.

The cursor option may also have some useful options of its own. Currently, the only one is batchSize, which allows you to control how frequently the cursor must go back to the database for more documents.

MongoDB 2.6+ supports an explain option to aggregation queries to retrieve data about how the server will process a query pipeline.

my $result = $collection->aggregate( [ ... ], { explain => 1 } );

In this case, aggregate will return a document (not an array) containing the explanation structure.

Finally, MongoDB 2.6+ will return an empty results array if the $out pipeline operator is used to write aggregation results directly to a collection. Create a new Collection object to query the result collection.

See Aggregation in the MongoDB manual for more information on how to construct aggregation queries.

parallel_scan($max_cursors)

my @cursors = $collection->parallel_scan(10);

Scan the collection in parallel. The argument is the maximum number of MongoDB::Cursor objects to return and must be a positive integer between 1 and 10,000.

As long as the collection is not modified during scanning, each document will appear only once in one of the cursors' result sets.

Only iteration methods may be called on parallel scan cursors.

If an error occurs, an exception will be thrown.

rename ("newcollectionname")

my $newcollection = $collection->rename("mynewcollection");

Renames the collection. It expects that the new name is currently not in use.

Returns the new collection. If a collection already exists with that new collection name this will die.

Inserts a document into the database if it does not have an _id field, upserts it if it does have an _id field.

The return types for this function are a bit of a mess, as it will return the _id if a new document was inserted, 1 if an upsert occurred, and croak if the safe option was set and an error occurred. You can also check if the save succeeded by doing an unsafe save, then calling "last_error($options?)" in MongoDB::Database.

remove ($query?, $options?)

$collection->remove({ answer => { '$ne' => 42 } });

Removes all objects matching the given $query from the database. If no parameters are given, removes all objects from the collection (but does not delete indexes, as MongoDB::Collection::drop does).

Returns 1 unless the safe option is set. If safe is set and the remove succeeds, remove will return a hash of information about the remove, including how many documents were removed (n). If the remove fails and safe is set, remove will croak. You can also check if the remove succeeded by doing an unsafe remove, then calling "last_error($options?)" in MongoDB::Database.

remove can take a hash reference of options. The options currently supported are

ensure_index ($keys, $options?)

Makes sure the given $keys of this collection are indexed. $keys can be an array reference, hash reference, or Tie::IxHash. Tie::IxHash is preferred for multi-key indexes, so that the keys are in the correct order. 1 creates an ascending index, -1 creates a descending index.

If the safe option is not set, ensure_index will not return anything unless there is a socket error (in which case it will croak). If the safe option is set and the index creation fails, it will also croak. You can also check if the indexing succeeded by doing an unsafe index creation, then calling "last_error($options?)" in MongoDB::Database.